What Makes You Feel Beautiful.

I recently did a freelance job that I enjoyed immensely. The project was about diverse visions of beauty, so I went to the streets in Seattle, mainly downtown and Capitol Hill, and took portraits of passers by and asked them the question, “What makes you feel beautiful?”

Here are a few of my favorites. 

Jesse Duvall – Whatever is going on in my head makes me feel beautiful. Kenneth Loiseau – Acceptance of weirdness makes me feel beautiful.                            Annabelle Petry – Brushing my teeth makes me feel beautiful.

Lady Krishna – Externally accessories make me feel beautiful, like this hat and my glasses. Really, my internal self makes me feel beautiful, my inner life.

James Smith – What makes me feel beautiful is my personality.          Calen Osara – What makes me feel beautiful is when I’m complemented.

Elsa Bloedon – Being in the sun makes me feel beautiful.

Stella Constellation – The thing that makes me feel beautiful is my contour. And my heels, a girl always feels pretty with a contour and some heels.

Amanda Sloan – My outfits make me feel beautiful. I design my own stuff, so I like to design things to fit my body, and it makes me feel comfortable.

Dennis Saxman – The absence of a mirror makes me feel beautiful.

Julius Haywood- What makes me feel beautiful is my nice teeth and my hair.

Antoinette O’neill -What makes me feel beautiful is my accomplishments, big and small.

Dean Stepanek – My wife makes me feel beautiful. My beautiful wife, every day.

Kasey Atabniki – Feeling strong and comfortable makes me feel beautiful.

Vanitti Fair – My friends make me feel beautiful. I think the attitude of the people you surround yourself with can either make or break a person.

Yuya Izumi – I am a Buddhist, I think feeling empty makes me actually feel beautiful.

Rebecca – My shoes.                                              Somaya – My surroundings make me feel beautiful. I try to find something beautiful wherever I am.                                 Shelby  – My shiny earrings make me feel beautiful.

Breckenridge Lanning – A theme to an outfit makes me feel beautiful, like dressing to go to school and wearing glasses, superfluous glasses, but wonderful none the less.

Reiko –  I feel beautiful when I’ve had a few beers with my friends.                                                                  Mio Sei – Music, I feel beautiful at concerts

Tracy Healy – My red hair makes me feel beautiful.

James (Jimbo) Gratton – Being acknowledged makes me feel beautiful.

Chase Roselli – What makes me feel beautiful? Her.                        Sam Buchanan – Clean teeth make me feel beautiful. I have a thing about teeth.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         (Chase, “Oh yeah, that’s her to a T.”)

Nate B. – Button up shirts make me feel beautiful because I feel clean and ready for the day, like I can get things done.